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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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Hapily minding my own business and overtaking a mercedes on a Suffolk A road when this suicidal pigeon shoots out of a hedge.

No chance of a swerve as a merc is a tad expensive to hit and the hedge had trees in it, so we collided with a loud thump and an explosion of feathers

Blood & gore all over the windscreen & I then noticed that there was a head flapping above the scoop

Had to pull over as I was getting odd looks from oncoming cars, but then it was a complete and utter barsteward to pull out from inside the scoop LOL

When it did, more blood and feathers everywhere...

Anyhow, here are a couple of pics of the "victim". It's going to take me ages to clean up!

View from inside the car after windscreen cleaned lol




In position




After removal






I can't see any damage to the RA though so that's a mercy

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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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Catch the Pigeon, Catch the Pigeon

Looks a right mess! Hope it cleans up ok
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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RIP Birdy!

your going to be charged for first degree birdacide!!


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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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LOL, Thats funny
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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looks like your sorted for dinner tonight then
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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wait til his mate , the Deer hears of this ..
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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Interesting coloured car there James
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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Must be a Courier Pigeon.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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i've had 3 of those now. first bird was shortly after seeing pics of the same thing on here!
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Wurzel
Interesting coloured car there James
Similar colour to Dastardly and Mutley's in whacky races, where they went after they failed to catch the pidgeon....clunk never came up with a scoob scoop as an idea though!

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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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I know I shouldn't find that funny..

..but it is..

I've had birds hit my car, cause damage, and then fly off too many times not to appreciate some payback now and again..
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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Was the pigeon insured? And is this the company? Pigeon Insurance Brokers & Risk Consultants Inc.@YellowPages™: Pigeon Insurance Brokers & Risk Consultants Inc: Ottawa, ON : (phone: 613-746-4383)
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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i quite like birds but its nice to see some payback for all the times I have had to clean there **** off my car.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Quality!!

I hit a small deer in my old LC.. It had been rotting nicely on the M11 for a while and car in front scooped it up, sent it flying spinning through air and it promptly exploded on my car covering it in blood, guts, brains and deer faeces!
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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I hit one just as it was taking off.
Fortunately the number plate took all of the hit - An inch to the right and my radiator would have been toast.

Took ages to clear the engine bay of feathers
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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i shouldn't laugh but im in fits! of all the places it could hit it parks its *** in your scoop. Class
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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Poop Scoop.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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On the google videos, has anyone seen the Evo hitting a seagull at 180mph yet on a MLR track day. That was nasty, hit the winndscreen and totally wrecked it.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Munched
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Daz1121
On the google videos, has anyone seen the Evo hitting a seagull at 180mph yet on a MLR track day. That was nasty, hit the winndscreen and totally wrecked it.
Yeah thats pretty damn funny, must be said. The camera angle doesnt really give much of an indication of the speed they were travelling, until all of a sudden the bird went whoosh *thud*
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Rocket 11166
Must be a Courier Pigeon.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Rocket 11166
Must be a Courier Pigeon.
PMSL

Thats how PTMW gets the better of the competition then -- Murder
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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Of all the places it could have hit.. it got swallowed by your scoobs open mouth
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Hmm

Obviously my day for road kill as just driving back down the lane to my house and 2 bunnies sitting in the evening sun. One disappears into the hedge but the other runs straight AT the car Disappears under the front and then there was that "thump" you get when you know its toast
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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U wanna be careful. Ur gonna be on the wildlife most wanted list soon.
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 12:53 AM
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Dastardly & Mutly In Their Flying Machines TV Show

Check the video

Ahhhhhh happy days
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